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Student reports rape by force From IDS reports
An IU student reported a rape by force Sunday in the Union Street Apartment complex. The alleged incident occurred between the hours of 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday, according to the IU police department’s daily crime log. “It was not a stranger event, we know that,” Lt. Craig Munroe said. The suspect in the case was the victim’s ex-boyfriend, Munroe said. The case remains open. Unlike other cases similar to this, no crime alert was sent out via email to students and staff. Storme Dayhuff
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Groups of IU students lay with their feet on the wall and look at the lights shining from Light Totem. Several people compared the experience to the standing on a sidewalk full of different colors.
All of the lights Once built to be a temporary structure, Light Totem is now an IU staple By Evan Hoopfer ehoopfer@indiana.edu | @EvanHoopfer
A young girl was on a walk with her dad and saw something across the street going on outside the IU Art Museum. It was October 2007 and Robert Shakespeare — the creator of the light totem that illuminates the 70-foot wall of the museum — was installing the structure. The big unveiling of Light Totem was in a few days. The young girl dragged her dad across the street and asked Shakespeare what he was doing. Shakespeare explained and then turned on the totem. Different colors of light danced on the wall, and the girl was mesmerized. “Daddy,” she said, “it’s magic.” Light Totem was made in celebration of the IU Art Museum’s 25th anniversary. After everything was done, it cost about $125,000 to $130,000 to put up. Much of that funding came from donations, Shakespeare said. When it was installed 7½ years ago, it was not supposed to be a permanent structure. It was supposed be taken down after two or three months. But Light Totem got so much attention that nobody could take it down. “Foot traffic increased,” Shakespeare said. “The analogy I use is a bonfire. If you build a big bonfire, people are going to be attracted to it.” And then, a tradition began.
People lie at the base of the wall and put their feet up against it. It became part of IU students’ bucket lists. Shakespeare doesn’t know how the tradition started. He would visit his totem and ask people, why are you putting your feet up on the wall? What are you seeing? “That’s my mom’s key lime pie coming down the wall,” one young woman told him, watching the green lights dance across the concrete. After a while, he understood what they were seeing. Light Totem has six “songs,” as Shakespeare puts it. Each song uses different colors. For example, the IU fight song has red and white lights that bounce off the wall rapidly. During a couple other songs, a color pours down the wall and creates an optical illusion. Everybody experiences the totem differently. IU students Collin English and Jessica Huseman sat on the ground, with their feet on the wall. This wasn’t their first time experiencing the totem. “To me,” English said, “it’s tradition.” Both English and Huseman described the experience like a sidewalk. If you imagine that you’re looking ahead, it’s like the wall of the Art Museum is the ground, and you’re looking across ground that is illuminated by dozens of colors. SEE TOTEM, PAGE 6
Austin Whittington and Destiny Hibbs lay with their feet against the wall of the IU Art Museum. It was Whittington’s first time, while Hibbs said she has put her feet up against the wall a couple of times.
Comedian Offerman coming to IU in April From IDS reports
Actor and humorist Nick Offerman is coming April 1 to IU Auditorium. Known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s comedy series “Parks & Recreation,” Offerman is known for his “gruff (yet lovable) stage demeanor and dry comedic delivery,” according to an IU Auditorium press release. Outside of his work on “Parks & Recreation,” Offerman also appeared on television in multiple episodes of Adult Swim’s “Children’s Hospital” and ABC’s “George Lopez.” He also guest starred on shows such as “Deadwood,” “NYPD Blue,” “24,” “The Practice,” “Will & Grace,” “The West Wing,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Monk” and “ER,” according to IU Auditorium. Offerman has voiced animated characters for “Axe Cop,” “The Simpsons,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Gravity Falls” and “Out There.” The IU Auditorium performance is one of many included in his current tour, “Full Bush.” “American Ham” was his last show and was recently released on Netflix, according to IU Auditorium. Earlier this year, Offerman and his wife, Megan Mullally, debuted their comedy show, “Summer of 69: No Apostrophe.” It is scheduled to go on tour next year. The upcoming event is presented by Union Board, and tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 17, according to the release. Tickets can be purchased at iuauditorium.com or in person at the IU Auditorium Box Office. There will be a lottery conducted at the auditorium box office to determine customers’ places in line, according to the release. That lottery ticket distribution will begin at 9 a.m. Audrey Perkins
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IU men’s soccer announces rest of 2015 recruiting class IU soccer recruits span continental U.S. 1
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1 Cody Jewett, Puyallup, Wash. 2 Austin Panchot, St. Louis, Mo. 3 Andrew Gutman, Hinsdale, Ill. 4 Rece Buckmaster, Auburn, Ind. SOURCE IUHOOSIERS.COM
5 Jordan Kleyn, Avon, Ind. 6 Jeremiah Gutjahr, Bloomington, Ind. 7 Sam Stockton, Louisville, Ky. 8 Sean Caulfield, East Lake, Fla. GRAPHIC BY ANNA HYZY | IDS
By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu | @MichaelHughes94
IU officially revealed its 2015 recruiting class of eight players Monday. Two of the players, midfielder Austin Panchot and goalkeeper Cody Jewett, have already enrolled in classes at IU at the start of spring semester. “I am really excited about this group of eight,” IU Coach Todd Yeagley said. “With positional needs we feel like we have been able to fill those areas, specifically the left back and midfield spots that will soon be or have graduated.” Two of the recruits, Jeremiah Gutjahr and Andrew Gutman, have the ability to play at left back next fall, a position formerly played by Patrick Doody, who has since graduated and signed a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire.
Gutjahr was originally part of IU’s 2016 class but elected to graduate high school a year early. Gutjahr is from Bloomington and played for the Indiana Fire Academy where he captained both the U-15/16 and U-17/18 teams. Gutman comes from Hinsdale, Ill., and played for the Chicago Fire Academy with current Hoosier Grant Lillard. “Andrew is one of the best and most versatile defenders in the entire country,” Yeagley said. In addition to Panchot, IU also added two midfielders with this class, Rece Buckmaster and Sam Stockton. IU will return three out of its five starting midfielders from last season after losing Dylan Lax and Jamie Vollmer to graduation. “The environment that Rece has grown up with is tremendous ... Rece is arguably one of the best midfielders in the country,” Yeagley said. “I’m very excited to
see what he’ll be able to do to help our team.” Buckmaster participated in a U-17 men’s national team summer camp in July 2012 and played for the Indiana Fire Academy during his junior and senior years of high school. He was named a NSCAA Youth All-American in 2014. Stockton won numerous awards during his time playing at Trinity High School. He was named 2014 Kentucky Mr. Soccer, the 2014 Kentucky High School Athletics Association Most Outstanding Senior and Offensive MVP, 2013 Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year and was first team NSCAA AllAmerican in 2014. Stockton was also named first team all-state and all-region twice, and he was a four-time member of the All-Catholic High School team. SEE SOCCER, PAGE 6